January 14, 2013
I'm really sad I'll
probably just have 1 transfer with Elder T, cause I really like him. I laugh
all day long, and he teaches me so much. I've grown and learned so
much in the past few weeks, it's crazy.
Here's our philosophy: we're here to find, teach,
and baptize the prepared. And if they aren't prepared, we don't really
continue to meet with them. we'll make occasional visits, but if they
aren't keeping commitments, there is nothing we can do to help them
progress, and we only have 2 short years to do the Lord's work full
time. So we had another baptism this weekend, and now we are pretty much teaching pool-less.
This week we spent the vast majority of our time finding. Why?
Because sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven! Eternal
principle :) I love tracting. We found some really cool new people
this week, I'll try and give a quick synopsis.
1) Lisa. Really sweet lady. she's a little bit older, and right
now in her life she is going through......everything. I'll spare you the
details, they really are depressing, but I'll just say she's had some
really hard struggles. So we knock on her door, and she invites us in.
I'm with Elder J at the time, and so we go in, and start talking to
her. As she is telling us about her religious background, I felt really
strongly like I should teach her about the atonement. So we do :) we
shared with her Alma 7:11, and the spirit was really strong, and then we
shared Mosiah 18. (I LOVE that chapter :) I think she understands that
Heavenly Father led us to her door that night when she needed us. She
wants to learn more before she sets a date, but she wants to be baptized
in a few weeks, so we're really really happy for her :)
2) Wallace. So I wasn't actually here for this, so I don't have much
to say, but Elder T and S were knocking and it had been a
long day. After knocking doors all week, on this day we were
closing in on our 7th hour of knocking doors, and on top of that, we
were all fasting, so we were all tired. On the last door, of the last
street, they knock into Wallace. He comes down for a church tour, and
they taught him the restoration. He is so excited about the Book of Mormon, and is dying to read the whole thing. At the rate he's going,
he could finish it this week :) He wants to be baptized in a few weeks
as well, the date will depend on how fast he reads, he wants to finish
it first. :)
I'm really into studying the scriptures right now. I've
gotten so much better at studying. I wish I could restart my mission,
with all the experiences and things I've learned over the past year, and
then have a full two years ahead of me! But I guess it doesn't work like
that, so I gotta make this next year count.
I read the second half of Alma recently, then all of Helaman, and I
just got into Mosiah. It's always been one of my favorite books, and
I've never loved it more than this time around. If anyone is looking
for some scripture study ideas, I'd recommend starting in Mosiah, and
read with some of these ideas in mind: Justice & Mercy, Helaman
12:24, Authorship style/word choice, and Agency.
Love, Elder Chase Williams Lonas
